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I think King could hand Nasiens his actual birth certificate and Nasiens still would not understand what was going on.

#4kota #4kota spoilers #mokushiroku no yonkishi #nasiens #fairy king harlequin #Nasiens I love you but you are so dense #nanatsu no taizai

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Idk if op will see this but I've got a few ideas 1. I think the changing of colours is just the changing of seasons. I can imagine that the fairy realm would rarely if ever move into the winter or fall, but I can definitely see it moving between spring and summer. Some plants in the spring bloom with so many flowers they look like completely different trees and plants because they look pure pink/purple/whatever colour. This is also where we have to think of the authors perspective, where a popular/beloved tree in Japan is the Cherry blossom, pink in the spring, green in the summer. 2. I'm not sure about the wing thing tbh, but I think the "fairy baby" is just implied to be a fairy who has recently been created by the tree, since they're all created by the tree or flora around the tree. To get into more real life concepts, the wings could be an external hormone gland? So it stimulates greater growth after the wings develop, which can kind of be supported by how King ages like 10 years in five seconds through growing his wings. That's more speculation though, and overall faeries are shown to be pretty small, the rulers being outliers.

Ok so, Grudge of Edinburgh...

So I did indeed watch this like right away when it came out. I didn't speak on it immediately cuz it's just part 1 and I was gonna wait till we had the whole story, but there are some things I'd like to talk about because...continuity errors?

Spoilers ahead!

Ok, first of all, just to get this out of the way because it's not a continuity thing; Lancelot sounds exactly like I thought he would XD

Ok, the first continuity things is the Sacred Tree in the Fairy King's Forest.

The one on the left is from the anime and the one on the right is from Grudge of Edinburgh. And they are supposed to bet he same tree, so why the color change?

It's not age, cuz the tree from the original Fairy King's Forest before it was burned down was thousands of years old and was also pink.

The second thing is...children? Like are these two supposed to be children?

Lancelot does refer to the trio of these two and the Giant child as "kids", but there's a couple problems with that.

🌿 First of all, it's been established canon that Fairies don't get their wings till they mature and both these Fairies have wings.

🌿 Second, it's also been established that Fairies don't...really have babies? Like it's stated outright that Elaine is the first Fairy in history to get pregnant.

And sure, first doesn't mean last. Maybe these two are around Lance's age? But Lancelot is 14 in this movie and there's no reason for 14 year old, or younger, Fairies to have their wings yet.

so like...what's up with that?

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I FOUND NASIENS (He was in Wales) (This is a 4kota post.)

Frankly, nothing will ever be as haunting to me as the fact that I could not decipher what Nasiens, Chion, Jade, and Donny's names are references to. (Spoilers if you just watch the anime)

Jade doesn't matter too much, he's dead now anyway (RIP DUDE I MISS YOU SO MUCH). He could be a reference to the green Knight. Although I have my own thoughts and opinions about the green knight in relation to the world, I think he could've been a reference to that, and other than that he was a minor character. Chion... Is it a dog reference? Are we calling him an angry little dog? Is that what's happening????? Donny I had nothing. Same With Nasiens. Nasiens was the most annoying to me however because IT SOUNDS WEIRD. IT'S NOT A NORMAL BRITAIN NAME. So here's my theory! My solution if you will! Surprisingly, unsurprisingly, the answer lied in welsh mythology!

Basically every character in this series is a mythological reference. And I despise the idea that any of them aren't. Good news, I found donny! This character has a significant detail that makes him a good match but the bad news is um.

It should be noted Gofannon is different but also the g name is suspicious to me, as is the significance of "Uncle. This is also where I like to put myself in the mind of the author where I know how japanese names work, but I still get mixed up all the time, so I can totally see him thinking of Don as the first name, or wanting don to be the first name. Next Chion.

I kind of see it. For context he also has a comparison between him and tristan on his page. I'm still kind of leaning towards him being a yapping little chiwahua.

NEXT! Nasiens! Or!!!

I think with Myrtel this really sells it with how people have been discussing him being Myrtel's changeling match. It's perfect! This one is the most satisfying honestly as it's been haunting me since I started reading.

#4kota #4kota manga #I can use that now #no idea for jade still #I guess you could say it has me jaded #lmk if you have other suggestions/ideas in comments #the only one I'm really dead set on is Nisien. #that one is perfect and has put my soul at peace #nasiens #donny 4kota #jade 4kota #4kota chion #welsh mythology loml #you really saved me there girlie #Nasiens isn't like other girls he's got an evil twin and is from wales #I saw deidre while I was scrolling welsh wikipedia which just solidifies things for me #mokushiroku no yonkishi

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Eustass Kid Crack Theory

Ok So Like. Hear Me Out. Kid, and likewise all the Kid pirates, come from an unnamed island off the south blue. What if. That was black drum island. "But probably" I hear you say, "Their Home island was unaffiliated with the government! The government gave black drum island to wapol!" "But Paradox" I hear you cry "Black drum is a place where everyone is a little fancy and goth and another thing- not like Eustass and Killer and heat and wire and" SHHH. Black drum island was ruled over the kid pirates. And then they left. Do they really give enough of a damn to claim the island as their home base and be under their protection? (Maybe). But even if they did, the government could easily just take it over anyway. Who's protecting it? Kid? He's all the way in the new world. And as for Black drum being a little edgy with black masks I think black drum could just be England but for alt people. Wapol and kinder live in upper class London. Killer and Eustass are from the east end. Wire is from Oxford. And Heat is from Birmingham. Need I say more

#I feel like this is something only people who know british tropes and areas will get #Like maybe you can get the first three but the heat joke might take a second #(it's cuz people hate birmingham accents.) #sorry guys I love you you're perfect it's just I need to lean into comedy #please don't cancel me Birmingham #one piece #Eustass kid #heat one piece #kid pirates #wire one piece #killer one piece #“England is a lawless place where all the alt people live with no real form of government” is an idea I can get behind #As always this is mostly a joke

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Ok like, I know Toei probably doesn't know more than the average manga reader does about where the story is going/future chapters and plotlines but. Man. I've been rolling this around in my head all day.

You really put this between Bonney and Kuma and did not expect me to think about it so much. With the strong connection the two characters have, why place a seraphim in between besides cool visuals??? Why not slightly after and use anything else as a transition? Why would you choose S-Shark??? Why do we see this motion of him falling into the water eyes closed, and then once in the water eyes wide awake??? Is he going to have some sort of mental awakening from their "kind of a kid, kind of obedient robot" to "full kid?" This further leads me on the spiral of "Hey remember when S-shark lost his arm" and "Does it hurt? Are their pain sensors numbed? King could endure a lot but they're only half him-" Anyway that little thought tangent aside, I hope that people can see my thought process in this: With recent events, I've heard some people saying the seraphim are probably going to show up to fight Kuma and the straw hats. What if Kuma freed them from having to obey orders? It would be incredibly fitting in my opinion for him to protect children inherently, both Bonney, and the children the government is using- one of which is a clone of HIMSELF. That's gotta bring back some memories for the guy, even if his mind is gone, I think it would trigger something. Even though they're Vegapunks, the seraphim are loyal to the government by force, by programming. And I don't think he could bring himself to fight kids. (UNLIKE SANJI- Dude you ripped off his arm- I mean with your understanding of what's going on I guess I get it but damn) Solution? Freedom. Again, I know it's probably just "pretty visuals" But my analytical brain says just as Bonney reaches out of the water, as she sorts out her baggage, The awakening minds of the seraphim plunge them DEEP into baggage, both that they gained as minions for the government, and the ones seemingly imprinted on their lineage factor, as we see with S-Snakes trait of "Being in love with Luffy"

#That was actually pretty funny #weird but funny #one piece #one piece seraphim #s shark #s snake #bartholomew kuma #realizing that sanji literally ripped s-sharks arm off was crazy #It makes me question their anatomy #especially since their anatomy heavily impacts their story #but the lineage factor is like dna but if you're dna let you be traumatized #which I mean it's kind of a thing but y'know #s flamingo s croc and s bat (or gecko?) sitting on a beach waiting to fight a clown #meanwhile the rest of these guys are off getting ENLIGHTENMENT #and trauma #you win some you lose some ig #one piece spoilers

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Oh gosh here we go again- the peak of my hyper fixation on something where I finally post a theory... SO CROCODILE- (Y'all love this guy on tumblr-)I'm going to be very truthful, this started out as a head cannon which I found evidence for in this theory to bring my idea's to completion, and really ties up my thought process together.

What are the key takeaways? 1. Crocodile specifically Avoids having a ring on ring finger, and this could be because he has a spouse 2. Him having lost them in some way, and Iva knowing about them. But why Iva? And why do I say them? Y'all already know- I'm saying Crocodile is gay, and has a husband, well somewhere out there. This makes logistic sense because well, why Iva becomes answered, but we also have a subtle hint in crocodiles overall design. Firstly

Crocodiles Outfit is surprisingly evocative of the victorian dress. Mostly thanks to the vest and cravat look. Additionally, the victorian era began in 1837, very close to when Cigars became popular. I bring this up partially because I think it's cool, and partially because it allows for some implications to come across, as one piece's world spans socially over several decades in terms of atmosphere and acceptance. Mostly that the victorian era was a time where being LGBTQ+ was still considered taboo. So while most of new kama is living in the times of 1970's to modern day, he is very much living in the victorian era. One revolves around being loud and proud, and the other very much around subtleties. What subtleties does he have? Well. For starters, It's a very- Choice colour with the purple vest there. (this is mostly a joke, although purple is associated with signalling, it's usually a different manner as far as I'm aware.) What I actually want to talk about is the earring. Most characters in one piece Wear double earrings if they are wearing them (I.E. Law, bart, Nami, Blackbeard etc.) For those of you unaware, Earring signalling goes like this. Right is gay, left is straight. I could only find three characters wearing a single earring. 1. Zoro on his left. 2. Benn Beckman on his right (Good for him!/hj) and 3. Crocodile on his right. So with this ramble aside. I think his interactions with Iva and the gays TM make much more sense. He's down with the gays because well. He is. They literally give him an entirely new outfit, just like they do for the rest of the LGBTQ+ people they bring in. And why IVA SPECIFICALLY would know that he is married, as per Iva knowing and being all gay peoples parent (/hj). In all seriousness I think it would make sense in this context that he asked Iva to help with his wedding or something of the like, since he (and presumably his husband) likely didn't have many connections to people who could do wedding stuff non-judgementally I.E. a cake or getting someone to do the vows. It's very wholesome, but it's something that I could see as Crocodile wanting to be kept secret, as he's been characterized as someone very secretive. This part is pure speculation/almost definitely false; but. I could definitely see some sort of "held hostage" situation. As Crocodile said "If you want to protect something, do it right." This could be someone who is protecting something, but also someone who lost it. I mean, they've forced the other warlords into similar corners, with the protection of Amazon Lily, or the release of Arlong (and likewise the safe return of all the escaped slaves from the Sun pirates who just wanted to go home.) It makes the "wanting to have a power that can match the WG or any nation in force" goal of his have a much more interesting reason than "KING OF THE PIRATES." We got enough folks aiming for that already, and I feel like if you beat an early antagonist that badly and just keep using him, you gotta have some kind of pay off that doesn't involve him getting beat again.

#one piece #crocodile one piece #sir crocodile #emporio ivankov #one piece ivankov #one piece theory #one piece theories #OH GOD THIS IS LONG #Sorry about the rant guys I promise I'll stop talking about crocodile now #This completely explains why he hired Bon clay besides bon clay being one of the more capable members #LGBTQ+ Friendly workplaces are in one piece are limited to Baroque works kamabaka kingdom and the red haired pirates #Yea Idk about Benn but I felt the need to acknowledge it+ it's funny #cross guild #Cross guild is the ultimate friendgroup of autism/gay/silly #this theory doesn't disprove crocodad #just disregard speculation and it fits perfectly #*looks at Oda* #*Grabby hands motion* #Give backstory

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Thinking about how Crocodile spent like 15 years in Alabasta, designing a revolution, faking a crisis, all to get the plans for Pluton. And it was just an island away. Halfway through his plan had two options to get it, get it from some upstart shipwright with tons of people surrounding him (difficult) or get it from some random guy who is in the process of rebuilding his entire body from scratch, and has about 3 braincells dedicated to things other than building stuff, who probably hasn't had the time to make the franky family(easy). I'm no expert but I think that I could rob a 26 year old with no nose if I could arrange the destruction of an entire country.

#franky one piece #franky #cyborg franky #sir crocodile #crocodile one piece #baroque works #I love franky that's why I have to bully him #Man has no nose and no pants #Crocodile got super unlucky #Or maybe tom told him that the Pluton blueprints were in Alabasta #that'd be pretty damn funny #one piece #I know this has plot holes but it's a funny thought and funny thoughts are meant for tumblr

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Also, they both like animals (when Luffy doesn't want them as dinner), and have tamed huge monsters (Luffy with the Kraken and various other monsters, Crocodile with the Bananawani.)

All Crocodad Evidence I Could Find

Hello friends, I wanted to put together an ultimate post with links and pictures showing all the evidence for the Crocodad/Dadodile theory. This post is not here to make you think about the theory, (if you're looking for that you can read my other post about the theory here), this post is going to be a record for anyone trying to find a condensed list of the evidence that exists. Big or small, I'm listing all of it. If I miss anything please add it! Thank you!

Alabasta Existence

Miss father's day.

Crocodile and Luffy's similarly goofy reaction to seeing the underground passage to the Alabasta Poneglyph.

Episode 123, episode time 13:16 Crocodile spots the entrance and laughs, "ha, now I see secret stairs." Also in episode 123, episode time 20:47 Luffy looks around and spots the secret stairs. "That hole... it looks gator-ish."

Crocodiles strange relationships with children. From hiring a sixteen-year-old Miss Goldenweek, leaving her out of the Mr. 3 assassination order, and her history of actually sinking Crocodile's ships before getting hired, all the way too how Crocodile lectured Luffy in their fight. It just had the cadence of a parent.

Marineford Evidence

Crocodile's missing reaction to the reveal that Dragon is Luffy's father.

Crocodile stops his single-minded pursuit to kill Whitebeard in order to step in and help Luffy by saving ace. (I feel like it needs to be stated again and again that Crocodile actually laughed at the idea of Ace dying before in Impel down)

Crocodile orders Daz Bones to protect Luffy.

Crocodile steps in to fight Mihawk in order to protect Luffy.

Crocodile risks his life to stop Akainu's finishing blow.

Whisks Luffy and Jimbe to safety while standing in solidarity with the Whitebeard Pirates (his stated hated rivals).

The missing explanation for everything above that happened in Marineford. No, Crocodile just wanting to keep Sengoku from victory or being inspired by Luffy doesn't count.

Misc. Evidence

How funny it is, Oda would do it just because it is hilarious.

The wordplay! (Crocodile being closely linked to a Bananawani-> Monkeys like Banana's-> Monkey D. Dragon is a reptilian Monkey attracted to Banana reptile.) Fight me

How similar Crocodile and Luffy look.

How much of a troll Oda is about it.

The sheer symbolism

-Crocodile's smiles are the most well known descriptor of a mean/intimidating/menacing smile and gators are said to have the biggest smile in the animal kingdom. It would be kismet that a Crocodile gave birth to Joyboy. -Since Oda has stated a mother in One Piece would stop the adventure, it would fit that the first major villain in the Grandline to try and stop Luffy's adventure ended up being the man who gave birth to Luffy.

That is all The direct Dadodile/Crocodad evidence I can think of off the top of my head! Add more If you think of any, id like this to be a complete list of the known evidence!

#I don't usually reblog but could not get this out of my head

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Fiamet And Cridea’s Signs

Ok so like. I feel like it’s inevitable that Fiamet is a limeblood. It’d be weirder to me considering the evidence if she wasn’t rather than if she was. Her horns literally looks identical to one of the limeblood signs. So I wanna talk about something other than the obvious. I wanna talk about Sign names. Idk how accurate these are to most of the characters I.E. Konyyl has the sign of ‘the synthesizer’ which you could not ask me to interpret for a million monies, but hey, people talk about it when they do their “marvus is a limeblood theory” and ykw good for them, so I will too. So. Let’s talk about the surface level interpretation here. Fiamet has this sign: 

A doom sign, prospit, and with my limited knowledge of “never read homestuck but still likes hiveswap” I can say with slight confidence it’s common for doom characters to kick the bucket (no.) This is the sign of the tilted, which ig makes sense because Fiamet is a rebel leader.  Now Cridea, she’s interesting: 

THE PUPPETEER? As in. Maniuplator. Now on it’s own I don’t think this is inherently malicious. She’s an influencer after all! But. Um. Remember the Fiamet/axoltl lookin sign? Ya wanna know what it’s called? 

Yea. For those of you who don’t wanna look it up, constrained means forced or manipulated. Which when you take into account that Dammek, Xefros, Fiamet, and Cridea are the most important four trolls in the game. Hm... It would also make an interesting pairing for the two characters because it’s mind and heart (common parallels iirc), and Blood and rage (motivators for rebellion), but that’s just a random thought. I’m not saying I’m positive that Cridea is a traitor manipulating or blackmailing Fiamet in some way (which is an idea I think I’ll dive into further on my thoughts on the why and how later, because those are more flexible and focus on the what for now), but it does concern me, and the concern isn’t helped by “the green button isn’t working”. 

#hiveswap #hiveswap theory #hiveswap theories #cridea #cridea jeevik #fiamet #gaslight gatekeep girlwhatareyoudoing #we love some symbolism #hiveswap act 3 #i'm so excited to see these two once act 3 comes out in 2 years/hj #rip in rest to my few followers you were expecting 4kota content weren't you #unfortunately i have other random interests #still random theory content though

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Well Someone’s improved their shapeshifting quality

mkay mkay you barely changed 

THAT’S BETTER THAT’S MBOY. All elements changed. Much more stealthy. 

#4kota #4kota lancelot #mokushiroku no yonkishi #seven deadly sins grudge of Edinbrugh #grudge of edinburgh #I mean c'mon man if any non manga readers had glanced between the two designs they could've seen it #even tristan figured it out and he's not exactly the brightest bulb in the shed

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Why Percival is Helbram (This is mostly a joke theory)

I So like I said. This is mostly A joke theory. That being said there is a freaky amount of evidence towards it that I see. 

1. Green

Let’s start simple, Percival and Helbram both have the same greenish hair. On top of that, Percivals dad (boo) looks a lot like the fairy hunter (double boo) in my opinion. 

2. Relationship with death OK SO HERE’S WHERE THIS GETS A BIT MORE INTERESTING. So first. We know Percival is the horseman of death. WHICH IS INTERESTING. So let’s examine Helbrams relationship with death for a minute. Here are some legend I think he parallels.

a) Green man. Green man is probably the most helbram like. Green man was a pagan diety with a strong connection with death and rebirth which makes sense since helbram died 3 times in the series (4 if you count his ghost.) and every time he was brought back in some way. Which is interesting, because he died the fourth time, and hasn’t come back yet. Iirc (Idk if this is right but I kinda remember it) but helbram said he’d be back. which makes sense if he’s the green man. It’s also interesting because percival has a symbol of reincarnation that he wears, a snake that eats itself, 

This is double interesting cause. The og Percival doesn’t have that strong a relationship with death. Helbram really does.  b) the green knight. Ya know what? I could totally see Helbram coming back this way. Gawain and the green knight is a popular myth. that was until I thought about the connotations of this theory. Percival being the green knight would be a much more interesting situation. It would be a fight amongst allies that turned pretty bloody, and would involve some serious “power of love” to fix up.  3. The white rose. for those who haven’t read the wiki, helbram smells like white roses. not only that, but that was what King used to kill him the first time. It’s a very small detail, but it’s interesting to note that white roses symbolize innocence. It also for some means death, and if you were to look at the tarot card for death, some of them carry white roses, especially this one which is apparently popular for tarot

4. Death To humanity. Lastly I wanna think about how this theory could change the series. We don’t really know how reincarnation properly works in the series. Could past feelings be revived? What would happen if Percival was given helbrams memories, with the knowledge that they were his past life? I think that would be a lot, especially given how much grief helbram had after hundreds of years. Imagine how much that would do to percival, after seeing all of it in a second. It’d be an interesting conflict.  5. Dorky helmet. I said this was probably not a true theory, and as such, I’m gonna end it on a joke. They both carry their dorky helmets as a reminder of their pain. 

#seven deadly sins #nanatsu no taizai #4 knights of the apocalypse #mokushiroku no yon kishi #4kota #nnt #nnt manga #4kota percival #percival #nnt helbram #helbram #4kota gawain #gawain #I know this was a joke theory but I am seriously starting to believe it after collecting all the evidence into one area

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Wanted to start properly uploading art to tumblr, so I figured why not start from old art I can find on my phone and work my way from there, And this is one of my favs (may start doing commissions if this gets attention (: )

#steven universe #rose quarts steven universe #rose quarts is pink diamond #crystal gems steven universe

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Oliver banks has olive eyes change my mind

#oliver eyes #TMA #tma headcanons #oliver banks tma #tma fanart

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Faeries in tales of arcadia

ok, so I have been going feral over faeries in tales of arcadia ever since wizards came out, and am finally composed enough and have a tumblr account to talk about it. so let’s begin with the biggest and in my opinion most logical theory, and I may go into more eventually. The arcane order are faeries. now why might they be faeries? this is going to be a stretch, but the first one is their motives. so, they are dead set on destroying the world because in their eyes they are committing acts of justice, and keeping balance. so from ANY other standpoint, this seems like an angry demi god thingy. But to me, if they were indeed fae, then they would probably be a bit angry too about all the other faeries most likely dying after losing the war against the pixies. so there isn’t really much evidence that proves the case, other than they also fit what some descriptions of faeries may be, but that’s not really hard evidence. bringing up what blinky said again, while it doesn’t make sense that faeries that were that big got beaten by pixies, they are apparently also the exact opposite of pixies. so, it isn’t too much of a leap to say they aren’t small. also, angor rots pixies-the only ones we’ve seen- were a distraction, if they had a real war intent, we can’t be sure what they would be capable of. really the last bit that I have for the theory is that it can show the affects of war we never really saw in the rest of the series, because the arcane order was on the losing side, unlike our protagonists who have pushed through. that’s about it. And the fact the call morgana morgana the fay. while fay can be used to refer to people who are magically powerful, this is in a world where faeries exist, and sometimes humans can become faeries by getting picked up by them and the faeries like them for some reason, and I would say that the arcane order at least liked her magic.

#trollhunters theories #toa #blinky #wizards toa #arcane order #probably should have said the morgana thing first

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ok so. graham in TMA has a lot of books

so, I have chosen to spend my spare time calculating how much property damage all the entities have caused in tma, and how much they would need to pay. I was on episode 3 the other day, and based on the amount of trash bags there were, the size of a smallish A5 notebook, how much a trashbag can hold, and how many days it was over, this dude had 10690 notebooks... that’s a lot of books. forget jurgen lietner. this dude is the king of occult books.

#tma season one #it would actually take him 2 years to fill up that much #tma #the magnus archives